On 01/02/17 03:23 AM, Dennis Wicks wrote:
I am going to install some more disks and I was wondering which file system to use.Haven't used Reiser since he was charged with murder. It used to have some advantages but they have long since been obviated.I have several ext? and a few with Reiserfs. Is there a better choice than Reiser now? Also, is there any way to convert from my existing fs to the recommended one?BTW, I am running "Debian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie)" on 686-pae. Many TIA! Dennis
BTRFS will become the default choice at some point but the last time I checked, it was still a lot slower than ext4.
I avoid LVM because I don't see any point in adding complexity to a system when you don't need to. Unless you are constantly fiddling with partitions, you don't need it.
However if you have a multi-disk system, I suggest using software RAID (mdadm) to provide some safety against disk failure. I use RAID6 on servers and either RAID1 or RAID5 on workstations. Disks are cheap enough these days that I don't see any need to worry about disk failures.
Finally, I recommend using an SSD for your system drive. The extra speed is worth it on workstations. However I always use RAID for /home and network shares.